Efforts are in top gear to make the command headquarters of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) Multinational Joint Task Force functional, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Tukuru Buratai said.
The newly appointed military chief made this know in Abuja on Thursday shortly after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We are working hard in collaboration with the Multinational Joint Task Force to ensure that it comes into full operation,” he said.
The Army Chief did not disclose the content of his discussion with the president on his new posting, noting that the nation’s Army command would be unfolded soon.
Buratai said he was moving to Damaturu, the capital of northeast Yobe State, to celebrate the Sallah with the troops in the front there.
Buratai was among the new Service Chiefs appointed by Buhari on July 13.
Buratai, who hails from Borno State, was there until his new appointment the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force which has its headquarters in Ndjamena.
After an extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of the LCBC and Benin Republic in Abuja in June, the group took far-reaching decisions to rout the Boko Haram insurgency in the region.
The leaders approved the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) Strategic and Operational and related documents of the MNJTF for the fight against Boko Haram terrorist group.
They also approved the immediate deployment of the MNJTF HQ at N’Djamena (Chad) by implementing its human, logistic and financial requirements, approved the deployment of the national contingents to the MNJTF under the operational command of the MNJTF Commander assisted by his Joint Headquarters by July 30 2015.
It also approved the funding of the sum of 30 million U.S. dollars for the installation and equipping of the MNJTF Headquarters and the establishment of the Executive Secretariat as the Headquarters of the Mission and the Executive Secretary of LCBC being the Head of Mission. Enditem
